Drop-reach for buggies



(No Model.)

B. H. MUNRO.

DROP REACH FOR BUGGIES.

No. 389,821. Patented Sept. 18, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

ROBERT H. MUNRO, OF MOLINE, ILLINOIS.

DROP-REACH FOR BUGGIE3.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,821, datedSeptember 18, 1888.

Application filed June 26, 1888.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ROBERT H. MUNRO. a citizen of the United States,residing at Moline, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drop-Reaches forBuggies; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to running-gear forvehicles, and has for itsobject the provision of a reach or coupling pole that will have itsmiddle portion deflected, and which can be quickly and cheaplyconstructed, utilizing short pieces of wood which otherwise would go towaste.

The reach is composed of metal and wood, the metal being two ogee-eurvedcastings having sockets or recesses to receive the ends of the pieces ofwood, and the wood being short straight pieces, generally such as iscast aside for fire-wood.

The improvement consists of the peculiar construction and combination ofthe parts, which hereinafter will be more fully described and claimed,and shown in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of arunninggear embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a perspective View, partsbeing broken away,of the front coupling; Fig. 3, a perspective View,

parts being broken away,of the rear coupling; Fig. 4, a perspective viewof a modification; and Fig. 5, a plan view, parts being broken away, ofa modified form ofreach.

The running-gear, of usual construction, is composed of the front axle,A, the rear axle, A, the head block B, the fifth-wheel (J, the rearhounds,D, and the reach or coupling pole E, which may be single, asshown in Fig. 1, or double, as shown in Fig. 4.

The reach has its middle portion deflected or dropped down and its endsin about the same plane, and is composed of the front casting, F, therear casting, G, and the wooden Serial No. 278,221. (No model.)

pieces H and I. The castings have the form of an ogee curve, to bringtheir ends in different planes, and the end of the casting F is providedwith the flangef, which rests against the head-block B, and is securedthereto by suit able fustenings. adapted to receive the ends of thewooden pieces H and I, and to this end the castings The ends of thecastings are are made hollow or are open on their under the piece I issecured to the rear casting, G,

and to the rear axle, A.

The foregoing features of construction will be carried out in theformation of a double reach, the only difference being that the rear endof the casting F will be separated or bifurcated, and there will be twocastings, G,

two pieces, H", and two pieces, 1'.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

1. The herein described reach or coupling pole for vehicles, composed offront and rear ogeecurved castings and separate pieces between and atthe ends ofthe castings, the middle portion of the reach being droppeddown and having its ends in about the same plane.

2. In a running-gear for vehicles, the combination of the reach havingits middle portion deflected or dropped down and composed of two ogeecurved castings and two wooden pieces, the front casting being flangedand secured to the head-block, and the rearhounds having their frontends bolted to the sides of the lower-end ofthe rear casting,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT H. MUNRO.

\Vitnesses:

ELMER E. MORGAN, \V. J. ENTEIKIN.

